Chrysler Beats Tesla to Market with "Auto Pilot" in 1958! Learn How They Did It!

[@bigcrowfly]

My favorite use of the name was in the movies: OTTO PILOT. Always with a smile on his face!

[@paulelliott682]

The movie Airplane w/ Leslie Neilson. Don't call me Shirley.

[@TheTussman]

Surely you're joking.@@paulelliott682

[@jimbeaver3443]

I put a Sears branded perfect circle speed control (vacuum operated) on my 69 Ford Country Squire. The speedometer cable went to the control unit and another cable went from the unit to the speedometer. When you hit resume it would pull the accelerator down to a point where the manifold vacuum was about 4". The 429 would roar and pin everyone to the seat. Maybe a little dangerous but fun. This thing worked perfectly for years. PS I am a retired Engineer and I sure never knew that the Engineer that started Pefect Circle was blind. Amazing.

[@NoName-ik2du]

I had an old Buick with an oddly aggressive stock cruise control. When activated it would punch it, then let off the gas completely when it was a couple mph over the set limit, then punch it again when it dropped too low, then let off again. I never used it because it was so obnoxious. I'm assuming it was broken.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

@@NoName-ik2du It was malfunctioning, no doubt about it. Here in my neck of the woods, you can't use cruise, because you can't maintain a constant speed. As soon as you try, somebody pulls in front of you, forcing you to brake, which, of course, disengages the cruise control. This happens constantly, not just once in awhile, which renders cruise control useless.

[@NoName-ik2du]

@@michaelbenardo5695 If your car has metal bumpers, no braking is required. The car in front of you will simply adopt your cruising speed. I've heard the term "adaptive cruise control" in recent years, and I can only assume that's what it means.

[@edwardpate6128]

I am a GM guy but also have always loved Chryslers as well. Chrysler was such a great engineering oriented company back in the 50's and 60's and ever before that.

[@madmanmapper]

Something I miss about mechanically operated throttles - as opposed to modern drive by wire throttles - and especially on 1990s Chryslers, is that when you set the cruise control it would accelerate very briefly, sucking the pedal out from under your foot. It was a perfect tactile feedback to let you know the system was active. Far better than an indicator light, and most of those 90s Chryslers didn't have an indicator anyway.

[@tocsa120ls]

my old '94 Volvo works the same way, I call it the 'hill-detect' function... as soon as there's a small incline, the throttle disappears from under the foot :)

[@kennethanway7979]

My fusion is throttle by wire. Very hard to keep a steady speed. No feel.

[@kc9scott]

@@kennethanway7979 Any drive-by-wire throttle is going to be completely devoid of pedal feel from the cruise control. I also have a Fusion (2017), and a REALLY annoying thing about its cruise control is that if the car happens to be rolling faster than the set cruise speed, it’ll downshift the transmission to try to do engine braking. This typically happens after a section where I was intentionally driving faster than the cruise setting, and then I let off, but it’s a downhill road, so the car wants to keep rolling at the higher-than-set speed for a while. 90% of the time, I want the car to just roll and take its sweet time getting back down to the set speed. I end up having to hold the “upshift” paddle on the steering wheel to prevent it from downshifting.

[@kennethanway7979]

@@kc9scott I had a problem on a road trip where it seemed to get confused. Hard to explain typing, but I fixed it self. Thought my car was messed up for a minute. 30,000miles. Ok now.

[@kenttalsma7906]

Never saw Mr Drysdale drive one of those. But then, he'd get a new car every year.

[@Fleetwoodjohn]

As a kid I was fascinated when my dad set the cruise and the pedal would move 😎

[@timothykeith1367]

Bill Lear invented an auto pilot for aircraft, and a fully automated landing system, plus things like the 8 track tape player. He was later associated with the Lear Jet. In Quincy Illinois - where I was born a young Lear and a friend created a car radio that was developed for Ford and became the impetus for Motorola. The first car radios cost as much as the 1934 Ford.

[@Greatdome99]

Lawrence Burst Sperry invented it in 1928. Sperry Aerospace is still around.

[@GoldenGun-Florida]

I remember those early GM cruise control units of the 70s. You could feel the pedal be pulled down and knew it was working.

[@edwardpate6128]

I recall that, it was somewhat unnerving at first!

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The Plymouth Voyager we used to have had a cruise control that worked the same way - you could feel it suck the pedal down.

[@Iowa599]

Pedal feedback based on vehicle speed is genius!

[@2packs4sure]

Adam are you saying you sold that AMAZING 70' Electra ?

[@baazooka86]

My Grandfather’s ‘72 Electra had that speed buzzer feature on his 225. I remember that annoying buzzing sound very well.

[@dave1956]

I remember seeing a 1962 with a Throttle Holder. It was listed on the factory window sticker.

[@johnwinter9722]

I have 5 year old vivid memories of my grandmother’s ‘57 Imperial. No auto pilot but great memories of a neat car. I was in Heaven. Grandpa had a WWII jeep, two Model As, and his Dodge wagon for work. We made the road trip from MN in my Dad’s ‘57 Belair convertible. Trip of a lifetime for me then and now.

[@robertdryburgh1457]

I remember the first car I drove with cruise. It was a 64 New Yorker 4 door hardtop. It almost felt like you were picking up speed when negotiating curves. It worled flawlesly all the time my friend owned the car. I wish I had that car today.

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Nice to see a video on something I knew nothing about in the automotive world. Thanks for posting and all your research!

[@Sundancer268]

I remember installing several of the Dayna Cruise Controls in my cars, 75 Scout II, 70 1/2 Ford Falcon, 73 Plymouth. First car I ever had factory Cruise Control on was my 85 LaBaron Convertible. Since then, every new car I owned came with cruise control. I now have a 2019 Cherokee TrailHawk Elite and I ordered the Adaptive Cruise Control and I believe it is the cat's meow.

[@rogerhinman5427]

I did think vision was a necessary prerequisite for an engineer. Apparently I'm wrong again. Good on him! I'm not really a Chrysler guy, but those Imperials are some nice rides.

[@robertray6021]

That sparked my interest also. I have a nephew that has dyslexia, but is studying to be an engineer. I guess if a blind man can do it, so can he!

[@MillerMeteor74]

5:54 - the speed alert- My 1972 Buick Skylark had that. It was the only vehicle anyone in our family ever owned that had that feature (and I only used it once). As for Auto Pilot, I have the 1975 Chrysler full line brochure that my parents got when they bought their Town and Country that year. I read through it a lot over the years. I don't have it in front of me to confirm this, but I believe by that time Chrysler was calling their cruise control "Auto speed control". I have no idea wither the Town and Country had it though. Anyway it's very interesting to hear how that Auto Pilot operated.

[@lvsqcsl]

Call it what you will, cruise control is cruise control. The picture of the dashboard he shows in the video is a Buick; I can see Sonomatic above the radio dial. My uncle had a 1958 Edsel that had the "rolling dome" speedometer. If the car went above a preset speed the numbers would turn red. Yes, he is correct, that buzzer was the most annoying thing when you went above the preset speed on GM cars. My 1987 Grand Marquis has vacuum based cruise control, my 2004 has cables with an electric motor for the same speed, and my 2005 Crown Victoria has throttle-by-wire. Even on my 2022 F-350, the cruise can be on and you can still use the pedal, just like he said about the early Chryslers. GREAT VIDEO!

[@calbob750]

With mechanical cruise control you could feel the gas pedal rise and fall as the mechanical mechanism adjusted to the vehicle speed adjusted to match the speedometer setting.

[@HAL-dm1eh]

5:46 that dash looks similar to the one in my 68 LeSabre which, when you used cruise control, it would eventually lose some speed and then somehow know to accelerate to get back up to that speed again. My dad said that was normal but I was always curious as to how that worked.

[@marko7843]

The Cruise Master that GM used for about a decade wasn't the most accurate thing in the world. The vacuum orifice had to be turned in or out to the correct setting for the sliding valve that the speedo cable controlled for a given speed. I have my '69 Buick set to work perfectly from 60 to 70, but it hunts all over if I engage it at 40...

[@jakereal3604]

Adam I’m not sure if your 1966 Toronado has cruise but mine does and it works exactly as you stated here. You turn the switch to on and then manually accelerate and once the speedo reaches the dials selected speed the pedal will sort of stiffen and then your speed is engaged. Mine is working, took my from 1986 until about 1998 to get it to work again. Mine had infamous under hood fire and my cruise cables melted. The 66 had a cable set up and one that used metal rods! Mine was cable type. Searched for 12 then one day a complete set up showed up on eBay!

[@MarinCipollina]

Thanks for this one, Adam !

[@nhzxboi]

These systems probably became more popular with the Eisenhower limited-access highways aka interstates. Looks like both appeared on the scene at the same time.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

They did. The 57 Cadillac was one of the first, if not THE first, cars to offer Cruise Control. It used to be a nice feature, but nowadays, with people constantly pulling in front of you, no matter how fast you are going, it is useless.

[@damianbowyer2018]

Chrysler's 'Autopilot' was an astounding invention in 1958, Adam😲🤘

[@brianhdueck3372]

Thanks, Adam, for another super interesting history lesson. Well done. I must say your impersonation of that retched buzzer was so close I could literally hear it as it really sounded. Good job! Disney voice overs in your future lol

[@61rampy65]

I came to the comments to say the same thing. Adam's buzzer sound effect was spot-on!

[@JRobert111111]

@@61rampy65 Yes it was a good impression. I know that sound well, my 67 Impala has that option. I just leave it set to 110 so the needle doesn't block any odometer numbers.

[@danielventura8073]

My brother's Continental Convertible has the disl style cruise control that he said was an option Lincoln offered back then.

[@Paramount531]

Fascinating! I love videos like this about various features on cars. I grew up with a 59 Buick and its annoying speed buzzer, IIRC my 76 Regal also had it but I never used it.

[@Rom3_29]

There's start of a song. I get in my auto cruiser. Press its presto a matic. Drive along touch a matic Hear my engine purr While I use selecto matic...

[@richceglinski7543]

...and fly high above the traffic 😅

[@johnplovanich9564]

Adam your channel is one of favorites.Your automotive knowledge and research knows no bounds.I love your smooth delivery.I am a gearhead and I learn so much from your informative videos.Keep up the good work and Cheers from Eulethra.

[@josebrindismar]

Happy holidays and thanks for all your hard work Adam, I have learned a lot from your channel and I'm always waiting for some more, big hugs for you!

[@JonosBtheMC]

7:00 Chrysler introduced 4-wheel anti-lock brakes? Even though Jensen Motors had done it 5 years earlier?

[@compu85]

The cruise control on my 91 Benz still used a bi directional motor to activate the throttle linkage.

[@jetsons101]

About 12 years back I had a 65 Buick Riviera with the speed buzzer. Thanks for your time, work and posting... Merry Christmas.

[@nakoma5]

It's almost creepy watching how the internals work! Ingenious mechanical engineering.

[@dpbh73ap]

Fascinating video. Interesting side note -- my wife and I purchased Mr. Teetor's Hagerstown Indiana mansion from his daughter in 1998. The house, buit in the mid- thirties was itself an engineering marvel, and it was in his basement workshop where he developed many of his inventions. Sold it in 2005. Will always be my favorite home!

[@charlescarter1529]

"One Man's Vision" is the authorized biography of Ralph Teetor. I have a had a copy of it for years. His family's business eventually became Perfect Circle. He was president of the company when it was sold to Dana in '63. I currently have a '65 New Yorker and Imperial, both w/Autopilot. Have had several other Mopars with it. Had a '61,'62, and '64 Cadillacs w/ same unit. I also have a set up for a '60 Lincoln, their first year for it. This unit was used in other GM and Ford cars from the early 60's and up. Adam, here is a quiz for you. How did Pontiac Magi-Cruise work? Buick Electro Cruise? '64-'65 Lincoln and TBird?

[@keithstudly6071]

Yep, Perfect Circle was much older than Cruse Control. The Teetors started making railroad equipment in the late 1800's in Hagarstown, Indiana and moved on to producing precision parts like lifters and rings for the automobile trade in the 1900's. That was when they got the Perfect Circle name. The 'cruise control' was one of their last new products.

[@thommykent7785]

Excellent imitation of that speed buzzer sound. I remember it well from my parents 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible

[@michaelsullivan2361]

LOL!!!! You imitated the speed alert buzzer on my Uncle’s 75 Buick perfectly!!!

[@Dac54]

I wonder how many of these vehicles were optioned with this feature? Also, what did it cost to order this option? And, when it failed, what did it cost to repair or replace the system and/or it's components? Thanks, Adam, for this great automotive history lesson.

[@davidj5898]

Very informative. Thank you Adam

[@skenzyme81]

It's bizarre that people think "autopilot" will do all the driving for them. All airliners have autopilot, and they still have pilots to FLY the plane.

[@mikevale3620]

Some people are just lazy and want everything done for them.

[@TeslaRoadtrips]

some european hybrids I believe, have sort of a gas pedal stop when it switches from electric to gas. to give u a feel when you're going to activate it.

[@hasbeengood]

Great sound effects Adam. Almost as good as your singing! LOL Happy holidays!

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

Very cool I never knew this before the mechanical feedback would have been a good idea to retain. Such as airplanes use a stick shaker to indicate stall in addition to audible. With electronic throttle feedback would not be difficult to implement either.

[@DanEBoyd]

Perfect Circle, as in piston rings?

[@Ed_Stuckey]

That was the first thing I thought of when he said the name.

[@RareClassicCars]

Yes. Same company

[@lvsqcsl]

I used to have an electric wallclock that said, "Perfect Circle Piston Rings." It had 2 15 watt bulbs and was made by the Pam Clock Company in New Rochelle, New York. I was curious if it were the same company.

[@nerradnosnhoj5122]

THank You for the videos Merry Christmas

[@sooverit5529]

Ford called their speed control "Highway Pilot Control" when they introduced steering wheel fingertip controls on the 1966 Thunderbird.

[@davidgrisez]

This is an interesting video on the history of what is known today as the cruise control and the speed alert. It is interesting to see that Chrysler first used these devices on their luxury cars. It was also Chrysler company that on about 30 vehicles used the first electronically controlled fuel injection in 1958 that was known as the Bendix ElectroJector system. This system however proved highly unreliable and the cars they on were converted to carburetors.

[@desertmodern7638]

My 1971 Electra had the speed alert feature, and it did make the rather sickly buzzing sound replicated rather well by our host.

[@JohnAgnew-u4u]

Adam, thanks again for another memory: the hideous speed buzzer for the speedometer (mirrored) in my 1961 LeSabre.

[@agostinodibella9939]

Wow, the contacts on that early cruise control system probably needed a lot of maintenance to keep clean!

[@NoName-ik2du]

This seems far better than newer systems. I would much rather set the speed and press a button instead of manually accelerating to what I want and then trying to hit the button at just the right moment. The resistance form of speed regulation would also be great, you could easily rest your foot at just the right position because of the physical feedback, reducing fatigue if you weren't planning on using the cruise control. The speed alert buzzers are just stupid.

[@barrykochverts4149]

Informative and interesting as usual, Adam, with the signature insider visual reference material we have the good fortune to expect from your channel. I drove a few cars with Autopilot, back in the day, and there were some fairly wide swings on hills with it. I have seen the external controls in action, but did not imagine it would have a "stationary engine" style centrifugal speed governor captured inside-- quite a cool Easter Egg!

[@richceglinski7543]

As a mechanic there must be a lot of blind engineers.

[@DSP1968]

What a great option feature video, Adam. I always wondered how this first cruise control worked.

[@tombrown1898]

Buick offered the irritable speed alert buzzer on the 1957 models, and perhaps even earlier.

[@jakereal3604]

My first car a 1973 Delta 88 had that speed alert. Sounded like a dying cow lolololol

[@HemiChrysler]

I have a 1958 Chrysler 300D 2 dr htp.

[@billhewes]

6:00 Eeeeeeeeeeh - CLASSIC ! We had an Electra

[@gregoryward93]

I’m 75 years old and I can still hear that horrible buzzing sound from the GM speed minder buzzer. My folks bought a 1957 Buick Century. I remember watching as my Dad sat in that car and set the speed minder before we were about to go somewhere in the car. He thought it was so cool. Before the end of that trip there were a few curse words and the speed minder was turned off and never used again.

[@Greatdome99]

2:24: The Perfect Circle cruise control was not powered by an electric motor (which wouldn't have any inputs from the car. . .) but by inputs from the speedo cable, a speed cable off the front wheel and the gas pedal. Cruise controls could control speed on climbs (the automatic would downshift if necessary), but downhill, all it could do is upshift and close the throttle, meaning the car could possibly coast faster than desired.

[@CORVAIRWILD]

1st Christmas view from your Jewish fellow collector (65+ vehicles)

[@RareClassicCars]

Congrats and happy holidays!

[@JobyJoby-iw2wr]

Highly informative - thanks.

[@craigwood570]

On the Imperial the set knob was located where the parking brake warning light was normally. Your '70 Buick does not have a cruise made like the Auto Pilot. The yellow spot is a buzzer only using the same buzzer within the horn relay located behind the padded where the plastic emblem says Electra. I've worked on many of those cruises used on your Buick. The green ON light is a fiber optic going to a bulb several inches behind the dash. That basic cruise had a life of 15 years when including the the one with resume. The non cruise is option K 30. With resume was K 34.They had a design flaw that was good for business. First the cruise surged and the speedometer pointer (what is incorrectly called the needle) would waver. The cable broke later. People didn't realize that the cruise turned every mile you drive being used or not.

[@LakeNipissing]

Merry Christmas to Adam (and all). A true automobile wizard can imitate all of the sounds a car can make. Adam demonstrated it with the speed alert.

[@RareClassicCars]

Ha!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

I remember in a magazine, maybe it was Life, seeing something about a crash-proof car and an Imperial was used to demonstrate it. I remember cars in the 80s, seeing the pedal move when it was in cruise control.

[@joesmithjoesmith4284]

My '68 Camaro has that speed warning option, and yes, the buzzer is annoying! Sounds just like the buzzing horn relay under the hood when you open the door with the key in the ignition!

[@joeseeking3572]

Buick at least marketed the speed alert seperately from cruise control and it didn't cost very ($12 or something). A lot seemed to have been equipped with it, but you generally see it set very far right on the dial - probably because of the noise (which I'd always assumed was horrible, but never hit, because again the owners had set it very high).

[@paulparoma]

My '78 Electra had that speed alert buzzer. I thought it was a useful feature, but set it to 85 (maximum) so it wouldn't buzz, as the sound was indeed most annoying.

[@Flies2FLL]

My second car ever had cruise control, an '85 VW Scirocco turbo. The system used vacuum to actuate the throttle, and it was PERFECT. It would easily hold perfect speeds, even in the hills of Tennessee or North Carolina. My mom got a new car the year before, an '84 Pontiac 6000LE. The difference in the cruise controls was amazing! The VW system was razor sharp, maintaining perfect speed in all conditions. Then again, the car weighed only 2200 pounds. BUT, the Pontiac 6000 was completely different; It would lose 3-4 mph simply going over an overpass and had much greater delays getting back on speed. AT THE TIME, I chalked it all up to GM's indifferent engineering and the polar opposite anal engineering at VW. Then, in 2012 I started flying the Boeing 757 for a small cargo airline out of Memphis that shall remain nameless (Fedex). That is where I discovered that the autopilot and autothrottles of these airplanes had similar minor inability to instantly maintain speed. The 200,000 pound typical flying weight of these airplanes might have had something to do with it, but this is an airplane that is utterly overpowered, so it made little sense. Then I transitioned to the 767 in 2016 and this plane was WAY worse! The airspeed seemed to be all over the place. How the hell did they certify this airplane, I thought.... THEN I found out that the Honeywell Pegasus flight management system (FMS) used on these airplanes had as its goals the lowering of fuel consumption, but also of a very smooth flight. So as to not spill the champagne glasses in Business class. [We don't have business class on the airplanes that I fly 😜] It was discovered that constantly changing throttle settings definitely increases fuel flow. Thus, the software was designed to minimize throttle changes, and the system actually calculates the most efficient throttle movement speed for when you tell it to start to descend and/or slow down. And I mean it is slow! They tell us to descend and maintain FL240 (24,000 feet), so you dial it in, push the button, and....You wait. Typically, about 10-20 seconds later the throttles will very slowly start to come back and the nose will gently start to drop. It's kind of annoying~ I suspect that GM built this "buffering" into their cruise controls starting in the 1970's because mom's pink '77 Coupe de Ville d'Elegance did this as well. Great video!

[@aspecreviews]

My 2002 Prius (obviously fly-by-wire throttle) makes ZERO effort to be efficient when on cruise. If the speed drops more than 2mph below the set point on a hill, it will pull assistance from the battery and wind up to 4500 rpm to desperately try to stay at the set point. Going down a hill, it will harvest more and more energy (regen braking) to try to stay within 1mph of the set point.

[@Flies2FLL]

@@aspecreviews Interesting.

[@lessbs]

I know that Chrysler was still calling it Auto Pilot in 1968 on my New Yorker in the manual. My grandfather would only buy Chrysler products. My great-grandfather told him that any car company that could stop a car better than the others was always going to get his money. He must have been referring to hydraulic brakes. My grandfather stayed true to his fathers advice and only bought chrysler products like his father his entire life. He owned some of the grandest ( and far out) Imperial LeBarons i have ever seen. The dealership used to call him yearly for an early preview of the cars.

[@bryanaisenbrey7188]

My parents 66 Buick Electra 225 had speed alert. The sound was more like an awful grinding sound. I think the rotating outer mechanism on the speedometer contacted something when speed was exceeded to make the grinding warning sound. I don’t think it was electronic. My buddy had a 62 Lesabre with this feature too. Same sound. Made high speed “test drives” real annoying because at anything over 85 or 90 mph it would scream at you!

[@OldDood]

You know what 'Sounded Close' to that annoying Buzzer on those cars back then? Remember the 'Old School Timer' that was on Stoves back in the day? You turned the Dial on the clock that had a Extra Hand for the Timer. Once you reached the desired Time that Buzzer would go off and sound very much like the Speed Control in cars. You only had One Hour of the Timer on Stoves but they were a good thing to have back then before Digital.

[@zillsburyy1]

do a video on the 50s cars with the first built in jack stands and tv in the dash

[@DanEBoyd]

Did the Auto Pilot work with manual transmissions? It would really only need a clutch pedal switch to cut the throttle - or couldn't the electric motor react quickly enough?

[@scott8919]

As far as I know, many companies only tied the cruise control to automatic transmissions until the last thirty-ish years.

[@DanEBoyd]

@@scott8919 My 1982 Mustang GT was a four speed manual, and had Speed Control. It had an electrical switch for the clutch pedal - and if I remember correctly, it used a vacuum switch for the brake - but I could be wrong about that. If my '88 GT was here, I'd look to see how it is up under the dash.

[@kc9scott]

I think the car makers first started allowing cruise control with manual transmission in the ‘80s. My guess is that before that, they either didn’t trust people to know when it needed downshifting, or the market demand for cruise wasn’t there among people who bought manuals. In 1984, I test-drove a Pontiac Trans Am with the 190HP HO engine and 5-speed. It had cruise control but no clutch switch. If you pressed the clutch while cruise was giving it throttle, the engine RPMs would go way up.

[@wmalden]

My dad had a new 1967 Buick LeSabre that had the “speed alert”. I remember the awful buzz it made when the set speed was exceeded. Awful but got ones attention!

[@stevenwolff6866]

Ford had the best imho when it introduced the fingertip cruise control on the steering wheel in 1968

[@stevenwolff6866]

@@ericruud9328 you're right I even remember the 66 ad with the pilot character reaching his hand to the overhead console & seeing the wheel with the cruise control. I had a Mark IV myself & remember how convenient it was, especially when approaching a cop & you just tapped on the coast & slowed down & passed him w/o the brake lights showing then hit resume when out of his sight. Very convenient indeed!

[@Doc1855]

I knew a guy who had that annoying buzzer on his car. He set it at 100mph because his car was so smooth that you couldn’t tell that you were going 100mph.

[@centralcoastbuc161]

The GM noise was terrible!

[@nfullenwider]

As someone who's oldest car came from 1985, I look back on older technologies and always feel that maybe automotive was closer to having it "right" back then than we are now. I'm not a speeder but I'd love a bit of pedal feedback when I exceed my cruise control, but maybe I'm weird.

[@daveallen8824]

In the early 70's, a buddy of mine had a 59 Buick with the speed alert. As teenagers, we just laughed at it. At the time there was a horror movie that touted that shen there was going to be some serious mayhem, they would sound a "horror horn" as a warning to close your eyes. So we just called the speed alert the Horror Horn!

[@djplonghead5403]

Tesla took a lot of Chrysler. Sleek door handles Autopilot Trying to bring new propulsion (turbine, electric) Aerodynamics

[@youtoobe169]

You make very interesting videos

[@rickbelieves7652]

AP on my Tesla is pretty lame, so I can see not much has changed really.

[@rjbiker66]

Lots of modern euro cars have a speed limiter. Set the limit and the throttle will not allow the car to exceed that speed unless you press the throttle fully.

[@bobroberts2371]

How about a vid on paper / online factory service manuals? Specifically how each brand had a certain feel and layout. For example, Chrysler manuals looked the same from at least the 70's to the late 00's. Also, it seems that outside companies publish the manuals but I'm not sure if these are owned by the brand or not.

[@Joetechlincolns]

Helm is a big one in OE service manuals and much more, I know they handle Ford service info. Funny bit of trivia, either helm or Ford engineers put "easter eggs" in wiring diagrams for some newer vehicles. I've come across a wiring diagram for a power lift gate switch that in the diagram was listed as the "open sesame" switch. Lol

[@bobroberts2371]

@@Joetechlincolns Probably the bored people making the drawings. Apollo computer code had comments like " Please crank the silly thing around " and other bits. Look for ( I'm breaking this up because YT blocks titles so put it back into order ) 3 ) Source Code: 1 ) Apollo 5 ) of 2 ) 10 6 ) Commenting 4 ) The Art Also see they got an Apollo guidance computer going again as well as the communication system.

[@Joetechlincolns]

@@bobroberts2371 . I'll look that up, I follow Curious M@#k channel they got an Apollo guidance computer running. Thanks

[@tedlym.3390]

My KZbin viewer is set to autopilot for Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History. Thank you,

[@howardjlogan]

I believe Chrysler also introduced hydraulic brakes back in the early '30s

[@roberttroutman6780]

Didn’t Perfect Circle also make piston rings?

[@kroge007]

Wow very interesting.

[@scott8919]

I wonder how many people took it literally and grabbed a newspaper to read as their car flew off into a tree.

[@Erik_Swiger]

@ 5:55 Gonna make that the ring tone for my ex wife. lol

[@JeffKing310]

I’m going to use Adam’s rendition of it

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

I dont need auto pilot or cruise control ! I just love steering - breaking and rowing thru the gears like normal ! besides being %100 responsible is probably cheaper and safer ! 😮

[@kc0lif]

cruise control is a old idea. some cars are starting to reuse push button transmission shift like Chrysler did.

[@idletime]

Merry Ho Ho Adam 🎅🦌🦌🦌🎄🎄🤠 ..

[@donk499]

very cool

[@edgarbeat2851]

5:58 😆

[@christopherkraft1327]

Hey Adam, thanks for sharing another interesting video!! Happy Holidays to you & your family!!! 🎄☃️🎀🤶

[@joemazzola7387]

The airline industry still uses the name auto pilot Obliviously not the same technology

[@mrluckyuncle]

I always wondered why manufacturers chose or settled on terrible-sounding buzzing alerts. I can’t believe it was a technological limitation.

[@kennethanway7979]

Gets your attention!

[@rogergoodman8665]

​​@@kennethanway7979: The annoying tone I picked for my cellphone alarm is very close to a 80's GM "Key in ignition" warning tone that can't be easily ignored. It's a great alarm ! My secondary one is a big truck back-up beeper sound...also highly annoying!😂😂😂

[@mrluckyuncle]

In the worst way :-D@@kennethanway7979